Soon after the news broke that former first lady Nancy Reagan had died on Sunday, obituary writers and old White House staffers set about assessing her legacy. The New York Times credited her with turning around President Ronald Reagan's sinking poll numbers after the Iran-Contra scandal.
Comment?

James Peck of Springfield, Virginia, lays flowers down at a makeshift memorial for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia outside the Supreme Court of the United States on Sunday. WASHINGTON -- The remaining eight justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, government officials and the public will convene at the high court on Friday to say goodbye to the late Justice Antonin Scalia .
Comment?